Improvement in bag-holders



D. ARND'T. Bag-Holder.

No. 210,83i. Patented Dec. 17,1878.

".FETERS PHOTO-UTHDGRAPHEB WASHINGTON n c UNITED STATES Parnrrr @irnrofiDANIEL ARNDT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE W. GARDNER, OF SAMEPLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210.831, dated December17, 1878 ;.application filed November 4, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL ARNDT, of Cleveland, in the county ofGuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combined Saw-Vise, Bag-Filler, and Truck; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionotithe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to a novel combination of truck, bag-holder, andvise; and consists in a truck provided with a slot, through which slidesfreely an adjustable bag-holding attachment, the frame upon which thelatter is secured being provided with a cross-head and a set-screw, sothat when slid back adjacent to the handles the cross-head may, inconnection with the frame of the truck or jaws and the set-screw,constitute a vise, which, by the truck, may be transported from place toplace.

In the drawings, Figure 1 presents a front view, Fig. 2 a side view,Fig. 3 a back view, and 4 a central sectional view of a device embodyingmy invention.

A is the frame of the truck; B, its wheels; A, aring upon which thetruck may rest when a bag is being" filled, and which also serves as asuitable under-gripe in seizing a box or barrel, &c. U is a support forthe bag-holding arms 1). This support slides freely up and down in theslot 0'.

G is a crosshead on the support 0, and O is a set-screw, which, with thecollar c clamps the support 0 firmly against the body of the truck.

It will be observed that the cross-head C when the support 0 has beenslid to the end of the slot 0, will, with the extremity of thetruck-frame, form visejaws at E, which jaws may be set or released bythe tighteningscrew 0 and this vise may be employed for carrying a saw,or for holding a saw in sharpening the latter, or for any of the otherpurposes for which a portable vise may be employed; but the principaluse in which it may be employed in connection with the truck andbag-holder is as a ready means for attaching a suitable funnel, wherebythe bag may be readily filled without danger of passing the materialover its sides.

F F are leg-supports, hinged to the truckframe at a point near theextreme forward end, so as to be close to the hand of the operator. Theymay, when not in use, be locked back by abutton, F, or equivalentdevice.

This structure is of very convenient form and arrangement, and for useson the farm, in mills, elevators, grocery-stores, 850., will be found tobeexceedingly convenient. The arms of the bag-holder are made adjustableby slidin g upon each other at their fastening-point.

W'hat I claim is- The combination, with the truck, of a bagholdcrattached to a sliding support and a cross-head, attached to the saidsupport in such relation thereto that when the support is slid to theextremity of the truck-frame the cross-head will, with said extremity ofthe truck-frame, form a vise, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL ABNDT.

Witnesses:

J No. CnowELL, J in, WILLARD FRAGKER.

